The template task context and some other parameters can be defined in a defaults file which will be read when Hermes is started. This file must have the name hermes.def and reside in the directory from which Hermes is started or in the user's HOME directory. ... Its format is a text file which may contain any number of the keyword-value pairs from the table below. ... SCREEN= . screen output status ; must be ON or OFF . ... printer number for screen hardcopies. ... WEB_BROWSER= . ...